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<hw>Mess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Messed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Messing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); <as>as, I <ex>mess</ex> with the wardroom officers</as>.</def>

<i>Marryat.</i>

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<hw>Mess</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To supply with a mess.</def>

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<hw>Mes"sage</hw> <tt>(?; 48)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. LL. <ets>missaticum</ets>, fr. L. <ets>mittere</ets>, <ets>missum</ets>, to send. See <er>Mission</er>, and cf. <er>Messenger</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.</def>

<blockquote>Ehud said, I have a <b>message</b> from God unto thee. <i>Judg. iii. 20.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence, specifically, an official communication, not made in person, but delivered by a messenger; <as>as, the President's <ex>message</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>Message shell</col>. <cd>See <er>Shell</er>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Mes"sage</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bear as a message.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Mes"sage</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE., fr. OF. <ets>message</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>missaticus</ets>. See 1st <er>Message</er>.]</ety> <def>A messenger.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Mes"sa*ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE.]</ety> <def>A messenger.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Mes"sen*ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>messager</ets>, OF. <ets>messagier</ets>, F. <ets>messager</ets>. See <er>Message</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to another, or to a public body; specifically, an office servant who bears messages.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells.</def>

<blockquote>Yon gray lines That fret the clouds are <b>messengers</b> of day. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used for heaving in the cable.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge og the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent.</def>

<i>Bouvier. Tomlins.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Carrier; intelligencer; courier; harbinger; forerunner; precursor; herald.</syn>

<cs><col>Messenger bird</col>, <cd>the secretary bird, from its swiftness.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Mes"set</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dog.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

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